Offensive, racist texts now being sent to high-schoolers, Latinos and LGBTQ community, FBI says
The FBI on Friday said reports of racist and offensive text messages sent from anonymous phone numbers are now being sent to members of Latino and LGBTQ communities.
The FBI on Friday said reports of racist and offensive text messages sent from anonymous phone numbers are now being sent to members of Latino and LGBTQ communities.
“Some recipients reported being told they were selected for deportation or to report to a re-education camp,” the agency said.
The FBI is investigating previous reports of dozens of racist texts sent to Black Americans telling them they have been “selected" to pick cotton "at the nearest plantation" immediately following last week's election.
A crest of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is on Aug. 3, 2007 inside the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington, DC.Mandel NGan / AFP via Getty Images fileThe FBI said the messages have not led to violence.
The agency is working with local authorities and the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division and asked people to remain vigilant and report any such texts to authorities.
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